BEN TABER OF COLORADO COLLEGE, a junior from Colorado Springs, Colo., has been selected the SCAC Character & Community Male Student-Athlete-of-the-Week for the week ending November 7, 2010.

Taber is a member of the Colorado College cross country team who holds a 3.67 grade-point average as an Environmental Science major with a physics concentration.

On campus, Taber co-founded and co-chaired a CC political club which, among other things, has help to register over 500 students to vote. His interest in politics has extended beyond the boundaries of campus as he has interned with US Senator Mark Udall in Washington, D.C.

A member of the Pre-Engineering Club as well as the Pre-Law Society, Taber has been a research assistant for a Political Science Professor and has also worked part-time during the school year in campus food services.

Taber has also volunteered at Mann Middle School.